The Paradip Port Banika Sangha submitted a seven-point charter demands to Union Minister for Road, Transport, Highway and Shipping Nitin Gadkari during his visit to the port recently.Sangha president Santosh Kumar Pattanaik and other members submitted the memorandum to the Minister for minimum basic needs such as sanitation, toilets, water supply, repair of dilapidated and unsafe shopping units.
The demands also included urgent repairs or reconstruction, drainage facilities in market area, repair of the approach road towards the market complex, repair of the vegetable and fish market and creating parking space. The major demand was to provide accommodation for businessmen in the vacant PPT quarters. The Minister assured Santosh Pattanaik that he would look into the demands and take suitable action.